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President-Elect Taft

December 29, 1908

Source: The Library of Congress

During the election of 1908, William Howard Taft ran as the Republican Party's candidate. President Theodore Roosevelt hand-picked Taft as his successor and vigorously supported his campaign. Taft disliked campaigning and politics. Still he won an overwhelming victory against Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan.